Title

Saturday evening the notification committee arrived by special train and went to the Lincoln Home

Creator

Works Progress Administration
Chicago Historical Society
Wilcox and Follet co.

Files

Creator Role

Creator Creator Publisher

Description

Color print, "Saturday evening the notification committee arrived by special train and went to the Lincoln Home..." Depicts A. Lincoln and notification committee. One of a set of prints [4708.1-15] in envelope [4708.17] with sheet of explanatory text [4708.16] depicting the Lincoln Dioramas at the Chicago Historical Society. Abraham Lincoln is depicted in center, right side of the image. Abraham Lincoln is shown facing down at a document. There are renderings of several people in the room with Abraham Lincoln.

Contributor

Justice Frank J. and Virginia Williams

Approximate Creation Date

ca. 1950

Measurement

9 1/2 X 7 1/4 inches

Materials and Techniques Display

paper (fiber product); ink on paper; reproduction (derivative object)

Inscription

recto, bottom center:" Saturday evening the notification committee arrived by special/ train and went to the Lincoln home. Mr. Lincoln met them in the front parlor. George Ashmun handed him the official letter,/ and Lincoln bowed as he accepted it."

Subjects

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Inaugurations; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Pictorial works

Work Type

color print

Class

prints

Preferred Citation

[Physical ID#]: [Title], Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana, Mississippi State University Libraries.

Rights

Copyright protected by Mississippi State University Libraries. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required.

ID

4708.9

Digital ID

FVW_04708.9

Current Location

Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana (Mississippi State, Mississippi, United States)

Repository

Mississippi State University Libraries

Digital Publisher

Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version).

Contact Information

For more information about the contents of this collection, email sp_coll@library.msstate.edu.